1892 Montana gubernatorial election
November 8, 1892
 
Nominee John E. Rickards Timothy E. Collins William Kennedy
Party Republican Democratic Populist
Popular vote 18,187 17,650 7,794
Percentage 41.17% 39.96% 17.64%
Governor before election

Joseph K. Toole
Democratic

 Elected Governor

John E. Rickards
Republican

The 1892 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892.

Republican nominee John E. Rickards defeated Democratic nominee Timothy E. Collins and Populist nominee William Kennedy with 41.17% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

  • William Kennedy, People's, newspaper editor[1][2]
  • J. M. Waters, Prohibition

Results

1892 Montana gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John E. Rickards 18,187 41.17%
Democratic Timothy E. Collins 17,650 39.96%
Populist William Kennedy 7,794 17.64%
Prohibition J. M. Waters 543 1.23%
Majority 537 1.21%
Turnout 44,174 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

  1. ↑ Berman, David R. (2007). Radicalism in the mountain West, 1890-1920: socialists, populists, miners, and Wobblies. Boulder, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-87081-884-4.
  2. ↑ Lang, William L. (April 1983). "One Path to Populism: Will Kennedy and the People's Party of Montana". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 74 (2): 77–87. JSTOR 40490772. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 63.
  4. ↑ "MT Governor, 1892". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ Dubin 2010, p. 17.
  6. ↑ Glashan 1979, pp. 180–181.

Bibliography

  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  • Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.


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